Large changes in global sea level, fueled by fluctuations in ice sheet growth and decay, occurred throughout the last ice age, rather than just toward the end of that period, a study published in the ...

Melting ice sheets in North America played a far greater role in driving global sea-level rise at the end of the last ice age than scientists had thought, according to a Tulane University-led study ...

Understanding past sea level change is necessary for predicting future sea level rise. The main contributors to sea level variability are ice sheet change, ocean water temperature change (e.g., ...

Patagonia is an impressively diverse region with a wide variety of landscapes. Expansive forests, open grasslands, arid deserts and imposing mountain ranges characterize the region. But it was not ...

The unprecedented rates of warming and melting of vast ice masses in Greenland have also led to movements in the bedrock from the last Ice Age.

A recent study has unearthed evidence of a 9,000-year-old ice melt in Antarctica, shedding light on the alarming speed at ...

Seattle’s geography resulted from an ice sheet that scoured the landscape 16,000 years ago. From the hills and ridges that all run north to south to the huge freshwater lakes that define the region, ...

Midnight view of the Greenland Ice Sheet near Ilulissat in July 1991. The background shows the vast ice sheet, while the foreground fjord is choked with icebergs released by one of the world’s fastest ...